By The Spotter The America’s Cup. It’s definitely not yacht racing as Sir Tom Teabag Lipton once knew it. Take the first scheduled day of racing in Bermuda that got canned and then picture this scenario: a complete sailing[…]
The issue of sideline abuse is a big one in sport, and society in general. Why is it that otherwise reasonable people cross the line when living their lives vicariously[…]
By The Spotter It is hard to think of a lower, more despicable form of behaviour in amateur sport than the sideline abuse of referees or other match officials. And with enough awareness up and[…]
By The Spotter Sunday afternoon I went over to Kiwitea Street on the city side of the Bridge to watch the first leg of the OFC Champions League football final between Auckland City[…]
By The Spotter It all got a wee bit queasy on Radio Sport just before the Friday 1pm news bulletin. A certain host, who a few months back took part in a[…]
By The Spotter At first glance, this tenth Lions team to NZ doesn’t appear to have the roar factor. Will they end up looking more like toothless tigers? Steve Hansen and the[…]
From The Spotter Now one can justifiably see what all the fuss has been about. On one of those typically overcast-looking, gloomy shithole of a Sunday afternoons in the most gridlocked city[…]
Eric Watson, literally and figuratively the original Eric Watson of the New Zealand sporting scene, national selector and then coach of the All Blacks in 1979 and 1980, died last[…]
By The Spotter If Shaun Johnson were a Shark or a Bronco he may have landed the Dally M medal by now. Unluckily for him though he represents the NZ Warriors and[…]
By The Spotter Like a Basset hound forlornly howling from the outside at a locked door on a rainy night, the protests of some Hurricanes fans in the wake of their defeat to[…]
